Sanguinaria

Sanguinaria is a monotypic genus - it contains just the one species, S. canadense; The Canadian Bloodroot.

Although the wild form of this is a lovely plant, it suffers from having too few petals and these can be quickly lost. One puff of wind on a day-old flower and it is a stump for another year!

The best of the double forms, "Multiplex", has a large well-filled pom-pom with enough petals to spare a few and still look good. It is every bit as easy to grow as the type straight species, given a leafy, peaty soil in half or part shade, or even full sun if an adequate supply of water at the roots, in summer, can be guaranteed.

The display that a clump of this can make, in a humus rich spot such as a peat garden, in early spring, is not to be missed.

Order from Autumn and Spring lists.